1985 CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1985

Pauillac

Médoc - 1er Cru Classé

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90-94 / 100

Very good

1985 CHÂTEAU LATOUR 1985

Pauillac

Médoc - 1er Cru Classé

Condition Good

Stock : 0 bottle

475,00 € tax incl. 395,83 € tax excl.

Label Slightly damaged

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415,00 € tax incl. 345,83 € tax excl.

Label Highly damaged

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415,00 € tax incl. 345,83 € tax excl.

Label Fairly damaged

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384,00 € tax incl. 320,00 € tax excl.

Avis d'expert

88 / 100

Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate

(06-2000)
This wine was tasted from my personal collection, following the Latour tasting. The 1985 Latour is a soft, open-knit example, without much structure, delineation, and depth. The dark ruby color displays amber at the edge. The bouquet of tobacco, black fruits, herbs, earth, and new oak is pleasant, but neither intense nor persistent. The wine is medium-bodied, with sweet fruit on the attack, but it narrows out to reveal dry tannin and herbaceous notes.

5 / 5

Michael Broadbent

(04-2000)
Lovely now but so much more to come.

93 / 100

Wine Spectator

(08-2000) Rich and ripe wine. Dark red color with an amber edge. Loads of meat, berry and tobacco character on the nose. Very rich. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and a long, ultraripe fruit finish. Still very fresh and young.Latour vertical.

Features Château informations

Features

Vintage	1985
Rating	90-94
Classification	Médoc - 1er Cru Classé
Region	Bordeaux
Appellation	Pauillac
Colour	Red
Volume	0.75 l
Price	More than 300 €
Château	Latour
Country	France

Château informations

Latour

Château Latour is ranked Premier Cru Classé in the Official Classification created in 1855.

There are 2 other Châteaux in the Pauillac appellation which also benefit from the prestigious title of 1er Cru Classé: Lafite Rothschild and Mouton Rothschild.

Latour is the epitome of excellence in good years and bad ones. Among the greatest vintages, the most beautiful achievements of the chateau: 1920, 1929, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2000.

Created around 1680, Château Latour's vineyard is one of the oldest in the Médoc. At the heart of the estate, the main parcel, called "l'Enclos", is made up of 47 hectares of old vines that are preciously maintained, because only they are able to give birth to the "Grand Vin". The 18 hectares of exterior plots, the vines less than 10 years old and the possibly downgraded cuvées produce the second wine of the estate, "Les Forts de Latour". The wine of Château Latour is an example of regularity regardless of the quality of the vintage. Firm, tannic and concentrated in its youth ...

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